This week I had an open studio where I exhibited the tactile engagement I have been toiling with past few weeks here. I saw the Museum of Silence, that so far existed in a word document and inside the walls of my studio, now exhibited to the world. Gracefully hung in the open studio of …
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The week truly ran trepidations and renditions of Tagore’s Home and the World. The more I soared into the world, the more I unearthed the layers within. The more vastness I was led into, the more depth I was met with. I read this novel years ago, but on this trip, the tradition and modernity …
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This week, my research on intergenerational silence between women, took a rather tactile turn. I began to embroider the essay. The textiles, the tactility of a cloth, especially something as a saree- which does not come from any kind of isolation, but rather a very rich historical foregrounding of its own in the culture, present …
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I am slowly learning that I can live without having a problem to solve or a mountain to climb. I am slowly learning to positively disintegrate from my hyper achieving cells and just enjoying where I am, how far I have come. Maybe it is possible to just simply observe. Just simply watch and not …
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When I came to Switzerland, I carried with me a few odd kinds of silences. The residency was kind enough to afford these to me as a research question that I could then carry in the palm of my hand, like a rare, exotic, regional flower from homeland. But what it really was, was an …
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Read MoreMy second week here had me see the tiny shoot of my new pursuit sprout out. Very fresh and mint, I saw tiny ideas surface with either a lawn or a forest, somewhere, within it. My walks around the city found me strolling into a very large fabric store several times and I bought myself …
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Life update: This week, I made it to Winterthur, Switzerland as an artist in residence at the @villastraeuli, for 60 days, as a part of an art writer’s award from @takeonart and @prohelvetia_newdelhi. I spent days walking around this stunning city, exploring local roasteries, and textile art shops and befriending the stunning light in …
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India Art Fair 2024 features some of India’s most important contemporary galleries alongside established international names showcasing rare masterpieces and contemporary works. In addition to standout presentations in the main Galleries section of the fair, India Art Fair will also put a spotlight on South Asia’s living traditions as well as its next generation of …
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India Art Fair, the leading platform showcasing modern and contemporary art from India and South Asia, returns for its 15th edition at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi from 1 to 4 February 2024. Led in partnership with BMW India, India Art Fair 2024 is the biggest edition yet, featuring 105 exhibitors, including 72 …
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I’ve hiked nearly every weekend, and sometimes during the week, through my residency. When I got to Winterthur in April 2023, hiking was not on my radar. It started as a fun way of getting out of the studio and going to places I’d never visited. And so I took myself off to Walensee in …
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